Job Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
Reports To: Project Director, NuPITA
Position Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 1 Year
Background:
The New Partners Initiative Technical Assistance project (NuPITA) is a four-year USAID-funded program working in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The project is designed to provide
technical assistance and organizational development support to fifteen organizations working in HIV & AIDS that recently received funding from USAID under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). As part of the
New Partners Initiative (NPI), the project aims to build the capacity of organizations to work at the community level, support long-term responses to HIV & AIDS and increase the number and diversity of organizations working with the United States Government (USG) to address HIV & AIDS around the world.
The St John’s community Centre (SJCC), located in Pumwani area was established by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1957. SJCC is now under the administration of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Nairobi Diocese.
Currently SJCC runs programs in HIV/AIDS care and support for People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWAs) and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), pastoral services, economic empowerment, non-formal education, community health and education, youth development, information empowerment (linked to advocacy and human rights), child rescue and child development.
The programs are implemented in six villages in Pumwani’s informal settlements as well as other parts of Nairobi and 4 regions of Kenya.
Recognizing SJCC’s experience in community development, Kindernothilfe (KNH) launched a partnership with SJCC in 2005 to implement a countrywide OVC program. In 2008, KNH won an NPI grant to establish a project and continue its support of SJCC’s work with OVCs.
The project’s strategic objectives indude: building the capacity of communities to provide care and support to OVCs, placing OVCs in apprenceship training, giving guardians of OVCs access to revolving fund schemes, supporting community efforts to foster child-headed households, giving OVCs access to basic medical services, and establishing or strengthening school and community clubs that offer psychos ocial support to OVCs.
SJCC does not directly implement activities, but rather builds the capacity of selected communities with whom it has Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to design and manage these OVC-centered activities.
Rationale
During the TOCA at SJCC, it was agreed that there be an M&E NPI Advisor at SJCC after three months of recruitment of the M&E Officer. The readiness to receive the Advisor was communicated during the QA and QI one on one sessions and through the ticketing system. Each NPI Partner has at its disposal the services of a NPI Advisor for the preferred period of time not exceeding 2yrs.
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor
Job Summary:
- Provide full time onsite support to strengthen the M&E system of SJCC as an organization and the NPI project
- Work closely with the NPI M&E Officer to identify, document, disseminate, scale up best practices, monitor quality standards and measure and document quality improvements for the NPI OVC Program
- Work closely with the database consultant to ensure that the developed database is responsive to KNH/SJCC information use and reporting needs
- Support SJCC to develop and implement an organizational M&E plan
- Assist in developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for data collection and management
- Support SJCC in implementing measures to minimize double counting as part of the development of the OVC database
- Work closely with NuPITA HIV Specialist and SJCC to implement quality improvement standards
- Identify emerging technical needs on a continuous basis and ensure that the relevant technical TA providers are made aware in order to be as responsive as possible to partner needs
- Facilitate strengthening of NPI partner’s contribution to yeady regional conferences and other efforts to share best practices with other NPI partner organizations
- Support KNHISJCC communication with NuPITA; and
- All other duties and responsibilities related to the position.
Experience
- At least five years of professional experience in managing technical assistance and capacity building support to civil society organizations; experience with community-based and faith-based organizations would be helpful
- At least five years of professional expenence in monitoring and evaluation of HIV & AIDS programming with an emphasis on OVC care and support
- Experience in working on HIV and AIDS programs funded by the USAID.
- Experience with PEPFAR programs is highly preferred
- Experience in mentoring and participatory leadership
Skills
- Strong skills in teamwork, networking and facilitation
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Strong skills in strategic thinking and planning
- Strong data management skills
Deliverables
- Provide weekly updates on progress to NuPITA A monthly report on the progress on Action plans send to
- Periodic reports detailing;
- Documentation of identified technical needs of the NPI Partner
- Documentation of TA provided to the NPI partner
- Documentation of actions/changes made in the organization as result of TA received
Applications should include a cover letter, an updated curriculum vitae and contacts (telephone and email)of at least three professional references, and should be sent to: recruitment@nupita.org
Closing date: October 8, 2010
Due to the large number of expected applicaons, only short listed candidates will be contacted.
“JSI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. M/F/HN/D.”
